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Map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing drainage, place names, state boundaries, canals, completed and "unfinished" railroads, stage roads, and steamboat routes.
Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, "finished railroads," and "railroads in progress."
Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. [From published bibliography]
Shows drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network.
Shows drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries.
Indicates location and date of engagements, towns, railroads, state and county boundaries, and rivers.
Detailed map of part of the middle Atlantic region showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, canals, roads, and the railroad network, with proposed extensions of lines.
Maps of the middle Atlantic states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads, with emphasis on the main lines. Includes a list of distances for "Short Cut to Tide-Water..." Chartered March 1, 1853. Name changed in 1876 to the Potomac, Fredericksburg, and Piedmonth Railroad. See entry 541.
LC copy imperfect, lower right quarter of map missing. LC also has 1853 and 1854 editions. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:570,240. LC Railroad maps, 107 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Outline map covering New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio; shows drainage, canals, important cities, and railroad connections, chartered in 1828, opened to York in 1838.
Relief shown by contours. Includes indexes to railroad lines. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies
Outline map of the eastern half of the United States showing canals, finished railroads, railroads in progress of contruction and proposed lines. Trade areas are indicated by line symbols and added brown and red color.
Sectional map of part of Nebraska showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the survey lines. "Drawn by J.J. O'Brien." Incorporated in 1862 by Act of Congress providing for the construction of a continuous line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. The connection of the line with the Central Pacific at Promontory, Utah, completed the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
Detailed strip map from rights of way surveys showing the location of the line between Sunbury and Erie and the counties through which the line traverses. Relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns along the line are shown. Railroad stations and distances in 10-mile intervals are indicated.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green). Inset: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 19 x 26 cm. Advertisement for "Bacon's shilling war maps" is pasted onto the verso. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:3,120,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Shows drainage, cities and towns, and railroads distinguished by color.
Shows drainage, cities and towns, and railroads in color.
Eastern states from Philadelphia to Charleston, S.C., showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroads with lines named and the main line emphasized.